A 176-page hardcover book that tells the 200-year history of the Academy of the Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau, La. Published in the schools Bicentennial year, the book notes that this all-girls Catholic educational institution, founded in 1821, is the longest continuously running Sacred Heart school in the world. The text takes the reader through the nuns early struggles to establish the school, then the antebellum years, the Civil War, the Great Flood of 1927, and World War II. Also, the Miracle of Grand Coteau, the founding of the College of the Sacred Heart, and the traditions, customs and standards that make the school unique. It includes hymns, prayers, poems, recipes, and a timeline of key events. Illustrated with maps, paintings, and scores of historical and contemporary photos.
Darlene Smith is a retired schoolteacher who taught in Kansas and Louisiana for 40 years. Most of her teaching (1981-2012) was done at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, La., where she specialized in English, literature and Louisiana history. After retiring from teaching, she worked in the Editorial Department of Acadian House Publishing in Lafayette, La., for six years as a writer, copy editor, proof-reader and researcher. She was educated in Catholic schools from First Grade until she was a junior in college. She earned a BA in English from Wichita State University, then a Masters in Gifted Education from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She and her husband, Norman Smith, live in Lafayette, La., and are the proud parents of a daughter, Jessica, who is a graduate of the Academy where Darlene taught for 31 years.
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